wikiHow:Use Advanced Wiki Syntax
[edit]Advanced Formatting Techniques
We have tried to make wikiHow easy enough that anyone can edit it without learning any advanced techniques. But if you are curious, here are a few tips on wiki markup. The right side of the page shows the text you enter; the left side of the page shows what it will look like.
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[edit]Text Formatting
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To Bold Text |
To '''Bold''' Text |
| To Italicize Text |
To ''Italicize'' Text |
To break two lines of Text. Second line. |
To break two lines of Text.<br>Second line. |
[edit]Links
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Links to local pages |
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[[Any wikiHow Article]] |
| Add a link Any wikiHow Article with a display name |
[[Any wikiHow Article|display name]] |
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Add a link to http://AboutUs.org |
http://AboutUs.org |
| Add a link to AboutUs with a display name |
[http://AboutUs.org AboutUs] |
[edit]Lists
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Simple lists |
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* Text for a bulleted list item. ** Text for second-level list. *** Text for third level, etc. |
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Numbered lists |
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# Text for a numbered list item. ## Text for second-level list. ### Text for third level, etc. ## Another Text for the second level. |
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Mixed lists |
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* Create mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this *# 2nd number level |
[edit]Categories
| Add a category to a page |
[[Category:Category name]] |
| Display a category link on a page |
[[:Category:Category name]] |
| Display a category link on a page with a display name |
[[:Category:Category name|Display name]] |
[edit]Tables
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{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"
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! header
! header 1
! header 2
! header 3
|- Style="color: red; background: yellow"
! row 1 header
| row 1 cell 1
| row 1 cell 2
| row 1 cell 3
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! row 2 header
| row 2 cell 1
| Style="color: white; background: blue"|row 2 cell 2
| row 2 cell 3
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